Fire-kindler.



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FIRE KINDLEE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 6, 1913.

Patented June 9, 1914.

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ADOLPH VIITTMANN, OF ST. LGUIS, JlKZISSOURI.

FIEE-KINDLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 6, 1913. Seria11to. 805,154.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, Anonrrr Witrirrimn'N, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Louis and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful lniprowments in l ire-Kindlers, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tire kindlers, and has special reference to improven'ients in that type of fire kindler shown and described in the patent to dendlein, No. 908,615, datid January 5th, 1909. According to the invention set forth in said patent the sticks are held in spaced relation by means of wires twisted about them at either end.

It is the object of the present invention to provide means for lnz'iintaining the sticks of the kindler in separated relation, which means may be easily and economically utilized, and will yield highly important advantages in operation.

In producing these fire kindlers a relat-ively long strip of the sticks, bound together in a preferred way, is first made and then the binding medium is separated at every seventh stick. According to my in vention the binding medium employed at each end of the sticks is a single strand of wire which is secured to each stick by suitable means, such as a staple, thereby rendering necessary the use of only a single wire, and making the cutting of the wire easy, as it is immaterial at what point in the space between the adjacent sticks the wire is cut.

Having thus set forth in general the na ture of the invention, it will now describe the same in detail, referring to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a plan view illustrating a number of sticks connected in separated relation, in the manner provided by my invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 29, of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the completed kindler.

Referring now to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a series of sticks, preferably seven in number, which are arranged in parallel relation, and have applied thereto at opposite ends on their outer side wires 2 which are secured to each stick by means of staples 3 driven into the sticks at each end and embracing the wires 2. As shown l l l l by liig. 2 these staples are driven in sufliciently to bend the wires 52, and to cause them to indent the surface of the wood so as to forn'i a locking connection with. the staples and prevent the wires from being pulled longitudinally through them. The sticks as thus connect-ed are turned upon themselves to form a hollow cylindrical body, as indicated in .lfiig. 3, into which is inserted a mass of a combustible material t, which prelerably consists of excelsior soaked in ciunlnistible hydro-carbon, preferably crude oil. The sticks l are likewise impregnated with such crude oil.

The purpose and manner of use of a kindlcr such as described is well known, and fully set forth in the patent above named. and it need only he stated herein that the single wires will serve to maintain the sticks in separated relation during the burning of the kindler so to provide draft o pcnings in the same manner as the two-wire construction shown in the said patent.

The wires 2 may be secured to the sticks 1 with great facility, and, as stated above, may be severed between the sticks without care having to be exercised to locate the point of separation.

It will be obvious, of course, that by using only single wires, located on the outer surfaces of the sticks, l secure great economy, in COE'HPHIlSOH with the prior construction alluded to, while at the same time no advantage possessed by such prior construction is sacrificed.

I claim:

1. A fire kindler composed of a number of sticks held together in substantially parallel separated relation, wires applied to one side thereof toward their outer ends, and secur-ed to the sticks, the sticks thus connected bein bent into cylindrical form, and a body of combustible material inclosed bv said stic s. U

Pi fire kindler comprising a series of sides, wires applied to one side of said "iclni, a series of staples fastening said wires to said. sticks, and operating to maintain the latter in separated parallel relation, said sticks being folded into cylindrical form, and a body of combustible material inclosed by said sticks.

3. A fire kindler comprising a series of gin sticks, Wires applied to the outer side of I In testimony whereof, I have hereunto setsaid sticks near the ends thereof, a series of my hand in presence of two subscribing wit it staples driven into said sticks over said nesses.

Wires and forming a bite therein whereby E T T T to hold the said sticks in separated parallel ADOLPJ VITTMABN relation, said sticks being folded into cy- .Vitnesses:

BRUCE S. ELLIOTT.

lindrical form, and a body of combustible I V G. A. PENNINGTON.

material inclosed by said sticks.

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